Art 305 - Art and Mass Culture » Summer 2020 » Baroque Quiz No. 4

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Question #1
The function of the French Royal Academy of Fine Arts was:
A.   to develop a complex curriculum based on a rationalistic philosophy
B.   to use painting as propaganda for the monarch's version of history
C.   to establish and maintain artistic standards
D.   all of these options
E.   none of these options
Question #2
The work of Italian Baroque artists Bernini, Caravaggio, and Gentileschi was characterized by:
A.   all of these options
B.   a focus on religious imagery
C.   none of these options
D.   emotional intensity
E.   dramatic contrast between light and dark
Question #3
The device known as the camera obscura is:
A.   none of these options
B.   a photographic process for developing film
C.   an object that used a box, a small hole, and plastic film
D.   all of these options
E.   a box with a small hole through which an image can be projected and traced
Question #4
During the Baroque period, the Catholic Church:
A.   directed artists like Bernini to focus on real life to improve and uplift the image
B.   directed artists like Caravaggio to use everyday people as models in order to preserve human dignity
C.   emphasized the printed text as a way to speak to the masses
D.   emphasized humor as a way to speak to the masses
E.   emphasized the visual arts as a way to speak to the masses
Question #5
Caravaggio’s dramatic shifting of the vanishing point, light source, and position of main characters brought the viewer:
A.   into the scene with emotional void
B.   all of these options
C.   into the scene with psychological distance
D.   into the scene with boldness and psychological connection
E.   none of these options
Question #6
French absolutist monarch Louis XIV endeavored to shift the mythic base of culture from:
A.   God to king
B.   God to science
C.   all of these options
D.   none of these options
E.   God to humanistic naturalism
Question #7
Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun was:
A.   none of these options
B.   the most celebrated woman artist of her time
C.   all of these options
D.   one of the few female members of the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture
E.   known for her portraits
Question #8
The term “propaganda” during this period:
A.   originated with Bernini’s use of architecture to propagate faith in Louis XIV
B.   originated with Gentileschi’s use of painting to spread faith through emotion and art
C.   originated with Louis XIV’s propagating royalty through art
D.   originated with Caravaggio’s use of live models to spread humanism through art
E.   originated with the Church’s propagating faith through art
Question #9
Jan Vermeer is known for his:
A.   none of these options
B.   portrayal of light and women in meditatively quiet interiors
C.   all of these options
D.   portraits of the Dutch king and his court
E.   historical scenes of the conquests of monarchies of Northern Europe
Question #10
The Counter Reformation was a response to:
A.   the austerity of Northern European art
B.   the Protestant Reformation
C.   the Gothic Middle Ages
D.   none of these options
E.   the audacity of Baroque period art

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